A-levels: AAAAdvanced Highers: AA/AABIB:?38 (including core points) with 666 at HLOr any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
The History and Economics course integrates these two subjects to form a coherent and intellectually stimulating programme. The combination allows insights that neither subject can realise alone. However, it is possible to specialise primarily in either History or Economics while still preserving the benefits of an integrated approach. The combination of economics, economic history and history (political as well as social) means that you will be equipped to view issues in the real world from a variety of contrasting perspectives. You will learn both the historian’s careful approaches to evidence and argumentation and the economist’s analytical and quantitative methods, providing an excellent preparation for a range of professional, financial and academic careers.
A-levels: AAAAdvanced Highers: AA/AABIB:?38 (including core points) with 666 at HLOr any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
A joint degree in History and English requires students to think critically about how we define ‘history’ and ‘literature’, and about how the two disciplines interrelate and, in large measure, overlap. Close attention is given to changing methodologies, to the nature of evidence and to styles of argument. It is assumed that historical documents are just as much ‘texts’ as are poems, plays or novels, and are therefore subject to interpretation as works of narrative, rhetoric and, fundamentally, language. Equally, it is assumed that poems, plays and novels represent historically grounded ways of interpreting a culture.
A-levels: AAAAdvanced Highers: AA/AABIB:?38 (including core points) with 666 at HLOr any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
In recent years history has experienced a ‘linguistic turn’ while literary studies have undergone a ‘historical turn’, making this combination of subjects stronger than ever. Knowledge of the past contextualises literary artefacts, while the forensic literary skills of the linguist are vital for interrogating historical documents. Historians have to be aware of genre, plot and rhetorical techniques in the creation both of their sources and their own arguments, while linguists need to appreciate the social and political concerns that are woven into literary works. This degree brings these two skill sets together.
A-levels: AAAAdvanced Highers: AA/AABIB:?38 (including core points) with 666 at HLOr any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
Anything designed by human beings exhibits visual qualities that are specific to the place and period in which it originates. History of Art concentrates on objects generally described as ‘a(chǎn)rt’, though in Oxford this definition is framed broadly to embrace items beyond ‘Fine art’ or ‘Western art’. History of Art aims to arrive at an historical understanding of the origins of artefacts within specific world cultures, asking about the circumstances of their making, their makers, the media used, the functions of the images and objects, their critical reception and – not least – their subsequent history.
A-levels: AAAAdvanced Highers: AA/AABIB:?38 (666 in HL)Or any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
Human Sciences studies the biological, social and cultural aspects of human life, and provides a challenging alternative to some of the more traditional courses offered at Oxford. The school was founded in 1969 in recognition of the need for interdisciplinary understanding of fundamental issues and problems confronting contemporary societies. Central topics include the evolution of humans and their behaviour, molecular and population genetics, population growth and ageing, ethnic and cultural diversity and the human interaction with the environment, including conservation, disease and nutrition.
A-levels: AAAAdvanced Highers: AAB, or AA plus an additional Higher at grade AIB: 38 (including core points) with at least 666 at HLOr any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
There are two Law courses at Oxford: Course I is a three-year course and Course II is a four-year course which follows the same syllabus, with the extra year being spent abroad following a prescribed course at another university within the European Union.
A-levels: A*AA (including Mathematics and Physics, with an A* in either Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry)Advanced Highers: AA/AAB (with AA in Mathematics and Physics)IB:?40 (including core points) with 766 at HL (including Mathematics and Physics, with 7 at HL in either Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry)Or any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
Materials Science is an interdisciplinary subject, spanning the physics and chemistry of matter, engineering applications and industrial manufacturing processes.
A-levels: A*A*A with the A*s in Mathematics and Further Mathematics (if taken). Otherwise A*AAa with A* in Mathematics and a in AS-level Further Mathematics. For those for whom A-level Further Mathematics is not available: A*AA with A* in Mathematics.Advanced Highers: AA/AABIB: 39 (including core points) with 766 at HLOr any other equivalent (see other UK qualifications, and international qualifications)
Mathematicians have always been fascinated by numbers. One of the most famous problems is Fermat’s Last Theorem: ie?if n≥3, the equation xn+yn=zn has no solutions with x, y, z all nonzero integers. An older problem is to show that one cannot construct a line of length 3√2 with ruler and compass, starting with just a unit length.
